September, 2011
A YouTube Yahoo
A little moment of excitement today – my entire YouTube channel has now been approved for monetization. Meaning? I can now pick up a little extra money when people watch my videos. Now, it’s only a little excitement because my most popular video – Cows Mooing – was already monetized and it makes up for [...]
Blue Lagoon – Iceland
Blue Lagoon is likely Iceland’s most famous tourist attraction. It’s a geothermal spa with beautiful baby-blue water that is infused with minerals – silica being the most obvious. Though the locals don’t go there, preferring their abundant (and awesome) public swimming pools, and some find it too commercial or a “tourist trap”, I decided I [...]
Sunrise in Rekyjavik
I still really have not blogged at all about my trip to Iceland. It was such an amazing experience that it’s an overwhelming task to put it all in writing. But here we are, coming up on one year since I actually went, and I find myself flipping through pictures and reliving the memories. So [...]
Love It or List It
I recently upgraded from the one channel I could pick up with bunny ears so about 20 channels on cable. Meanwhile there’s only about 4-5 channels I actually enjoy watching… but still, it’s an improvement. Since I haven’t had TV for a while, everything is new to me… rerun, shmeerun. I am particularly obsessed with [...]
Itching to go somewhere.
I’m going stir crazy. It’s that weird itch I get when I don’t have any travel plans in my (near) future. Nothing’s booked. There are no countdowns. No planning & obsessively researching. GAH. Seriously – it makes me feel a little trapped! But I promised myself I’d be “good” and pay down some of my [...]